Star Editorial, Inc. v. United States District Court for the Central District of California, Rodney Dangerfield, Real Party-In-Interest

How courts have described this case

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• stating that in a civil action in which state law provides the rule of decision, the privilege of a witness shall be determined in accordance with state law
• upholding district court’s decision to grant motion to compel Star Editorial to reveal confidential sources in libel suit by public figure
• “[I]f the district court erred in compelling disclosure, any damage the [newspaper] suffered would not be correctable on appeal.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).